God Bless Robert E. Lee

<br>When Robert E Lee surrended the Confederacy Jefferson Davis was upset about it <br>He said how dare that man resent an order <br>Form the president of the Confederate States of America <br>Then somebody told him that General Lee had made the decision himself <br>In order to save lives because he felt that the battle comin` up <br>Would cost about 20 000 lives on both sides <br>And he said 240 000 dead already is enough <br>So this song is not about the North or the South but about the bloody brother war <br>Brother against brother father against son the war that nobody won <br>And for all those lives that were saved I gotta say Dod bless Robert E Lee <br>Well the mansion where the General used to live is burning down <br>Cottonfields are blue with Sherman`s troups <br>I overheard a yankee say yesterday Nashville fell <br>So I`m on my way to join the fight General Lee might need my help <br>But look away look away Dixie I don`t want them to see <br>What they`re doing to my Dixie God bless Robert E Lee <br>Sherman`s troups burned Atlanta and the flames lit up the sky <br>And those of us who survived it are watchin` my Dixie die <br>But today at Appamattox General Lee sat down <br>And surrended to the yankees and Ulysees S Grant <br>So look away look away Dixie... <br>I won`t ever stop loving you my Dixie till they put me in the ground <br>And the last words they probably hear from me are God bless Robert E Lee